Job summary
We have an exciting
opportunity for an individual with experience of working in substance use
and mental health to join our team. The Foundations HILT service is based in
the Urgent and Emergency Care Department within James Cook Hospital. The role
will be to see and assess any patient accessing the hospital with drug and / or
alcohol issues for engagement and support, referring into community services
for support where needed. The ideal candidate will be confident working within
a hospital setting and have experience with mental health and substance use.
The service is currently a 7 day service which covers weekends and Bank holidays. Full time employees are expected to work their contracted hours on a rota basis, covering the service opening hours of 8am and 8pm, working a minimum of 4 days a week.
Main duties of the job
JOB PURPOSE
To ensure patients are
aware of the risks associated with their substance use and support
them do develop strategies to reduce the associated harm of their substance
use.
To support patients to
access appropriate health care supporting them to address often complex health
needs and reduce incidents of drug related death.
Liaise and
communicate with multi-agency staff.
To identify, assess
and refer individuals who need substance use support (including alcohol).
To support the
facilitation of hospital to home detox processes.
To deliver prevention
focused interventions.
To build and maintain
links with MACE (Middlesbrough Alcohol Centre of Excellence).
To liaise with
community substance use services.
About us
At Foundations we pride ourselves on being a social inclusion practice supporting people who find themselves excluded socially. Currently we support people who are seeking asylum or who have refugee status, people who are homeless, people who have problems with substance use and people who have had their access to NHS Primary Care limited.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Under
the supervision and direction of the HILT Service Lead you will provide the
following clinical interventions:
Substance
Misuse (and alcohol):
- Communicate with
and complete electronic records for individuals
- Refer
individuals into community services
·
Brief and enhanced interventions for
problematic alcohol use
·
Assessment of alcohol use to identify
dependency
·
Detox assessments
·
Rehab assessments
·
Safeguarding
·
Liaison with GP
·
Liaison with Crisis Assessment Suite at
Roseberry Park
·
Needle exchange
·
Support with detoxification for both drug
and alcohol
·
Support with reduction of other drugs
·
Offer advice on safer injecting and wider
harm reduction advice
·
Support patients to engage with partner
agencies
·
Alcohol screening tools, for example SADQ
and Audit C
Job description
Job responsibilities
Under
the supervision and direction of the HILT Service Lead you will provide the
following clinical interventions:
Substance
Misuse (and alcohol):
- Communicate with
and complete electronic records for individuals
- Refer
individuals into community services
·
Brief and enhanced interventions for
problematic alcohol use
·
Assessment of alcohol use to identify
dependency
·
Detox assessments
·
Rehab assessments
·
Safeguarding
·
Liaison with GP
·
Liaison with Crisis Assessment Suite at
Roseberry Park
·
Needle exchange
·
Support with detoxification for both drug
and alcohol
·
Support with reduction of other drugs
·
Offer advice on safer injecting and wider
harm reduction advice
·
Support patients to engage with partner
agencies
·
Alcohol screening tools, for example SADQ
and Audit C
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths
- Qualified to NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of NHS
- Ability to use clinical computer system
- Organisation skills
- Time management skills
- Ability to work under own initiative
- Ability to work under pressure
- Excellent communication skills
- Reliability
- Flexibility
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to understand needs of challenging individuals
- Ability to help engage with individuals and support them with solving problems
- Self-motivated, tenacious and resilient
Desirable
- Experience of working in a Hospital Setting
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths
- Qualified to NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of NHS
- Ability to use clinical computer system
- Organisation skills
- Time management skills
- Ability to work under own initiative
- Ability to work under pressure
- Excellent communication skills
- Reliability
- Flexibility
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to understand needs of challenging individuals
- Ability to help engage with individuals and support them with solving problems
- Self-motivated, tenacious and resilient
Desirable
- Experience of working in a Hospital Setting
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
